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Wildfires spawned by Europe’s deadly heatwave are creating harrowing situations for humans across the region and surpassing predictions not expected for 30 years.
A man in Spain was engulfed in flames when his excavator caught fire while he dug a trench in an attempt to stop a raging wildfire from reaching the northwestern town of Tabara. Video of the terrifying incident shows the flames closing in on him and catching his clothing as he ran from his abandoned digger. He was eventually airlifted to a hospital where he is being treated for serious burns, according to local press reports.
The same fire terrified passengers traveling from Madrid to Ferrol in the Galicia region a day earlier when flames suddenly jumped the tracks, surrounding several train cars. Terrified passengers posted photos of the event on social media.